I bought some Bih Jolokia seeds along with loads of others from pepperlover.com (excellent service by the way!).
I selected three seedlings and grew them into proper plants. Two of them produced red fruit as expected, the third produced brown / chocolate coloured fruit. They looked exactly the same in terms of size, shape and texture. The taste is different though. The normal Bih Jolokias tasted sharper and hotter. The chocolates taste much nicer. They are still hot but the warmth builds up slowly and it has a very balanced taste.
I'm wondering if I have a mutant or whether a stray seed got into the wrong batch. Has anyone heard of Chocolate Bih Jolokia's before? They are definitely one of my favourite. It's actually quite similar to the White Bhut Jolokia in taste.
I noticed that some of the fruit go from green to red to brown whereas others go straight from green to brown.
This fruit is ripening from green to brown:
Whereas this has more red to it:
And right at the base of the plant, a fruit grew straight out of the bark
I selected three seedlings and grew them into proper plants. Two of them produced red fruit as expected, the third produced brown / chocolate coloured fruit. They looked exactly the same in terms of size, shape and texture. The taste is different though. The normal Bih Jolokias tasted sharper and hotter. The chocolates taste much nicer. They are still hot but the warmth builds up slowly and it has a very balanced taste.
I'm wondering if I have a mutant or whether a stray seed got into the wrong batch. Has anyone heard of Chocolate Bih Jolokia's before? They are definitely one of my favourite. It's actually quite similar to the White Bhut Jolokia in taste.
I noticed that some of the fruit go from green to red to brown whereas others go straight from green to brown.
This fruit is ripening from green to brown:
Whereas this has more red to it:
And right at the base of the plant, a fruit grew straight out of the bark
